colour; color; hue; tints
contrast; antithesis; comparison
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
burning incense (before an altar, esp. in memory of the dead); offering incense
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); seat
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
haori and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
while alive; during one's lifetime
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
dust; small debris (e.g. dirt, crumbs); trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
settlement; solution; resolution
young greens; young herbs
to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)
lonely; desolate; forlornness; desolation
damp ground; wetland; bog; marsh
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity